Playtonic is shifting the Yooka-Laylee series from platforming to familiar-looking arcade racing.

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Yooka and Laylee are going from paying tribute to classic 3D platformers to joining the kart racing circuit, as mascots do.

Playtonic's acclaimed platform series is swapping feet for wheels, with multiplayer beta tests promised ahead of launch.

Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair lacks most of the original game’s charm, and its final gauntlet is more tedious than taxing. I’ll never finish Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair—and no, not ...

Bat out of shell.

Yooka-Laylee's second outing is a surprising switch of perspective. The bat and lizard are back, and they've undergone a shocking transformation. Where the first Yooka Laylee looked to resurrect 3D ...

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As such, the the two-dimensional escapades Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair feel much closer to something like Donkey Kong Country (many of the key creative staff behind that game worked on this) ...